Heel-plate-attaching machine



(No Model.)

W. ROSENFIELD.

HEEL PLATEUATTAOHI'NG MACHINE. 115,472.39? Patented Apr. 5, 1892 Fi .3.Fi .5.

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WVILLIAM ROSENFIELD, OF MANISTEE, MICHIGAN.

HEEL-PLATE-ATTACHING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 472,397, dated April 5,1892. Application filed January 11, 1892. $erial No. 417,677. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM ROSENFIELD, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing at Manistee, in the county of Manistee and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machinesfor Attaching Heel-Plates to Boots or Shoes; and I do declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

Myinvention relates to machines for attaching heel-plates to boots orshoes; and the object is to construct an improved means for fasteningplates to any portion of the heel or sole of boots or shoes.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of the machine.Fig. 2 is a plan view of the lower die of the machine. Fig. 3 is a planview of the upper die, showing the device for holding the plate to theoutside of the sole or heel. Fig. 4 is a detail of the clamp removedfrom the die. Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of the plunger-die with aheel-plate held thereto.

A designates the frame of the machine, consisting of a base-piece 1,provided with suitable'holes at each end, through which nails or screwsmay be passed to secure it to asupport. On the base-piece is aprojection 2, formed with a socket 3 to receive the end of the supportof the lower die of the machine, which is held in the socket by aset-screwet, substantially as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

In the socket 3 is held arm or support 5 of the lower die 13. This armprojects horizontally from the socket and carries the die B on its outerend, as shown. This die B consists of a substantial piece of iron orsteel mounted rigidly on the projecting free end of the arm 5 and havinga rounded outer edge substantially of the curved contour of a heel toset readily in the boot vor shoe. On the central portion of the die-faceis secured a plate 6, which serves to support the middle of an i11- neror clinching plate when laid on the die preparatory to the outer platebeing fastened to the heel or sole of the shoe. Grooves 7 are alsoformed in the face of the die to properly direct and turn the points ofthe nails or rivets by which the plate is held in position. The side ofthe die is cut down below the face, as at 8, to provide a seat for thespring which holds the plate clamped on the upper die. It will beperceived that by mounting the die B on the projecting arm plates may besecured to any portion of the shoe to which the die may be applied, andthat the supported die may be placed in the shoe at parts beyond theopening of the ankle portion.

From the base-plate is projected a standard 9, formed with an arm 10,terminating in a vertical sleeve 11, in which is arranged the stem 12 ofthe upper die 0. The sleeve is made in two parts, so as to be convenientin removing and arranging the die in the machine. A spring 13 isarranged in the sleeve about the stem of the die to lift the die whenmot ed down by the lever. On the lower end of the stem 12 is secured theupper die 0, carrying across its face a flat bar 14., mounted inbearings 15, fixed to the side faces of the die and formed with fingersor prongs 16, which serve to hold the plate to the die. A spring 17bears with its end on the bar 14 and by its pressure holds the plateclamped to the under face of the die. Short guide pins or studs 18 arefixed in the face of the die and guide the plate when being put on thedie. -These studs or pins 18 also serve, as stops to prevent the diesfrom being forced together so close as to endanger the integrity of theplate. On the upper end of the standard is fulcrumed a lever 19, havingacurved end 20, which bears on the end of the stem 12 of the upper dieand operates that element.

The operation is readily perceived from the foregoing description. Theheel-plate being arranged in the upper die and the inside plate, if oneis used,being put on the lower die, the shoe is arranged on the lowerdie, and then the upperdie carrying the plate is forced down and theattachment effected. It will be observed that on boots or shoes havingbottoms of leather an inside plate is not necessary, such beingessential only in rubber shoes or boots or others having similarflexible heels and soles.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the standard A, 5 formed with an arm 10, having avertical sleeve on its outer end, a reciprocative bar in the sleeve, adie on the lower end of the sleeve, :1. spring-actuated plate-holdingbar journaled across the face of the said die, formed with ID fingers, alever fulcrumed at the upper end of the standard to push the lever down,and a lower die 13, as and for the purpose specified. 2. The combinationof the standard A, formed with an arm 10, having a vertical

